There was maybe no one higher suited to usher in Sarah Burton’s new period at Givenchy than Elle Fanning—and no higher event than the 2025 Oscars. On the 97th Academy Awards, Fanning wore the designer’s first-ever customized high fashion look as artistic director of the storied French home.
The second got here simply forward of Burton’s inaugural Givenchy present in Paris on March 7, nevertheless it was a landmark in Fanning’s profession as nicely. “Sarah has change into an expensive good friend and collaborator,” Fanning tells Vogue. “This yr marks my first time ever attending the Academy Awards. And it’s an honor to be the primary girl to put on a Sarah Burton couture Givenchy design!”
Now, the 2 are coming into a brand new chapter collectively. “There’s at all times an emotion, a sense, once you placed on the garments. Fittings are an important half to me—that’s when every part involves life,” Burton says of realizing Fanning’s Oscars costume. “When Elle and I have been making an attempt on the toiles, how she felt led us to the ultimate selection.” Fanning concurs: “As normal, we began with sketches, which have been all wonderful, however the look actually got here alive when Sarah and I bought within the room collectively. She flew to L.A. to suit me in individual,” she says. “We’ve finished this collectively earlier than for Cannes, however I’ll by no means tire of watching her create…slicing and draping proper on my physique! 5 attire held on the rack, however there was a white toile so elegant and crowd pleasing, all of us silently knew it was the winner.”
